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Appendix 3 Public Hearings and Witnesses1 Monday, 2 April 2012 – Hay, NSW • BULLER, Ms Debbie, President, Murrumbidgee Valley Food and Fibre Association • COUROUPIS, Mr Anthony, General Manager, Murray Irrigation Ltd • CRIGHTON, Mr Jasen, Director, Crightons Rural Engineering • CULLETON, Mr John, Chief Executive Officer, Coleambally Irrigation Cooperative Ltd • DAVIES, Mr David Llewelyn, Private capacity • DWYER, Mr Allen, General Manager, Hay Shire Council • ELLIS, Mr Stewart, Chairman, Murray Irrigation Ltd • FRASER, Duncan, Private capacity • HEADON, Mr Neil Ronald, Chairman, Hay Private Irrigation District • HEADON, Mr Ross Stuart, Irrigator, Former Chairman, Hay Private Irrigation District • HILL, Mr James, Private capacity • HOGAN, Mr Terence Noel, AM, Chairman, Riverina and Murray Regional Organisation of Councils • HOWLEY, Mr Lance Edward, Private capacity • JONES, Mr Howard, Chairperson, Murray Wetlands Working Group Inc. 1 Please note, for this interim report, public hearings and witnesses are listed from 1 December 2011 onwards Page 72 • LUGSDIN, Mr Ian, Vice Chairman, Hay Water Users Association • MACARTNEY, Mr Darren, Rural Financial Counsellor, Rural Financial Counselling Service, New South Wales Southern Region • MAYNARD, Mr Nick, Chairman, Hay Water Users Association • McNAMARA, Mr Anthony James, Chairman, Hay Business Chamber • MORPHETT, Graham, Private capacity • OATAWAY, Mr Peter John, Private capacity • PIEROTTI, Mr Paul Gregory, President, Griffith Business Chamber • ROBERTSON, Mr John William Yeatman (Jock), Private capacity • RUTLEDGE, Councillor Michael, Deputy Mayor, Hay Shire Council • SCHIPP, Mr Andrew, District Agronomist, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries • SHEAFFE, Councillor Roger William (Bill), Mayor, Hay Shire Council • STUBBS, Mr Raymond Oscar, Executive Officer, Riverina and Murray Regional Organisation of Councils Tuesday, 3 April 2012 – Mildura, VIC • ARNOLD, Councillor John, Mayor, Mildura Rural City Council • BENNETT, Mr Malcolm Raymond, Vice Chairman, Sunraysia Irrigators Council • BROWN, The Hon. Dean, AO, Chair, Lower River Murray Reference Group • BYRNE, Mr Christopher John, Executive Officer, Riverland Winegrape Growers Association • CHAPMAN, Mrs Tania, Chair, Citrus Australia Ltd Page 73 • GRAY, Mr Ron, Private capacity • KING, Mr Mark, Chairman, Dried Fruits Australia Inc. • LEE, Mr Daniel Thomas, Chairman, Sunraysia Irrigators Council • LLOYD, Mrs Betty Lyniece, Grower Representative Board Director, South Australian Citrus Industry Development Board • MANSELL, Mrs Anne, Chief Executive Officer, Mildura Development Corporation • McKENZIE, Mr Mark de Lacy, Chief Executive, Murray Valley Winegrowers Inc. • McMAHON, Mr Gavin Geoffrey, Chairman, South Australian River Communities • MURDOCH, Mr Ian, Chairman, Western Murray Irrigation Ltd • PEDERSEN, Mr Barry, Chair, Murray Valley Table Grape Growers Council • RIX, Ms Cheryl Kathleen, General Manager, Western Murray Irrigation Ltd • THOMSON, Councillor Margaret Elizabeth, Mayor, Shire of Wentworth Monday, 23 April 2012 – Canberra, ACT • CHARLTON, Mr Terry, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Snowy Hydro Ltd • CHESSON, Mr Thomas Scott, Chief Executive Officer, National Irrigators Council • COSIER, Mr Peter Aubrey, Director, Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists • DICKSON, Dr Rhondda, Chief Executive, Murray-Darling Basin Authority • ELLIS, Mr Stewart Gordon, Chair, National Irrigators Council • HARRIS, Mr David, Executive Officer, Production, Water and Environment, Snowy Hydro Ltd Page 74 • HAZELTON, Mr Richard George, Private capacity • JAMES, Mr Russell, Executive Director, Policy and Planning Division, Murray-Darling Basin Authority • KERR, Ms Deborah, Manager, Natural Resource Management, National Farmers Federation • KNOWLES, The Hon. Craig, Chair, Murray-Darling Basin Authority • LAURIE, Mr Jock, President, National Farmers Federation • McLEOD, Dr Tony, General Manager, Water Resource Planning, Murray-Darling Basin Authority • PROSSER, Dr Ian, Science Director, Water for a Healthy Country Flagship, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation • RIGNEY, Mr Grant John, Chairperson, Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations • STUBBS, Mr Timothy Paul, Environmental Engineer, Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists • SWIREPIK, Ms Jody, Executive Director, Environmental Management Division, Murray-Darling Basin Authority • WILLIAMS, Dr John, Founding Member, Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists • YOUNG, Dr Bill, Director, Water for a Healthy Country Flagship, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation • YOUNG, Professor Michael, Professor of Environmental and Water Policy, University of Adelaide Tuesday, 24 April 2012 – Canberra, ACT • DICKSON, Dr Rhondda, Chief Executive, Murray-Darling Basin Authority • GOOD, Mr Roger Bishop, Executive Member, Murray Wetlands Working Group • GRANT, Mr Allen, First Assistant Secretary, Agricultural Productivity Division, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry • GRAY, Dr John, Acting Assistant Secretary, Productivity, Water and Social Sciences Branch, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Page 75 • HARWOOD, Ms Mary Beatrice, First Assistant Secretary, Water Efficiency Division, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities • KELLY, Mr Tim, Chief Executive, Conservation Council of South Australia • LA NAUZE, Mr Jonathan, Murray-Darling Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Australia • LE FEUVRE, Ms Juliet, Healthy Rivers Campaigner, Environment Victoria • MORRIS, Mr Paul, Executive Director, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry • NGUYEN, Dr Nga, Economist, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry • OTTESEN, Mr Peter, Assistant Secretary, Crops, Horticulture and Wine Branch, Agricultural Productivity Division, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry • OWEN, Mr Peter, Campaign Manager, Wilderness Society, South Australia • PARKER, Mr David, Deputy Secretary, Water Group, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities • ROBINSON, Mr Ian, Water Holder, Commonwealth Environmental Water • RUSCOE, Mr Ian, Acting Assistant Secretary, Forestry Branch, Climate Change Division, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry • SANDERS, Mr Orion, Economist, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry • SINCLAIR, Dr Paul, Healthy Ecosystems Program Manager, Australian Conservation Foundation • SLATYER, Mr Tony, First Assistant Secretary, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities • SMILES, Ms Beverley, Executive Member, Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales • SMILES, Ms Beverley, President, Inland Rivers Network Page 76 • SNELL, Dr Peter James, Rice Breeder (Professional Officer), New South Wales Department of Primary Industries • SWIREPIK, Ms Jody, Executive Director, Environmental Management Division, Murray-Darling Basin Authority • WARNE, Mr George, Chief Executive Officer, Northern Victoria Irrigation Renewal Project Thursday, 23 August 2012 – Canberra, ACT • DOUGLAS, Councillor Andrew John, Mayor, Wakool Shire Council • GRAHAM, Mr Bruce David, General Manager, Wakool Shire Council • HARWOOD, Ms Mary, First Assistant Secretary, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities • JAMES, Mr Russell, Executive Director, Policy and Planning, Murray-Darling Basin Authority • McLEOD, Dr Tony, General Manager, Water Planning, Murray-Darling Basin Authority • PARKER, Mr David, Deputy Secretary, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities • SLATYER, Mr Tony, First Assistant Secretary, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities • SWIREPIK, Ms Jody, Executive Director, Environmental Management Division, Murray-Darling Basin Authority Monday, 10 September 2012 – Canberra, ACT • CHESSON, Mr Thomas Scott, Chief Executive Officer, National Irrigators Council • COSIER, Mr Peter, Director, Wentworth Group • CULLETON, Mr, John, Director, National Irrigators Council • DWYER, Mr Allen, General Manager, Hay Shire Council • GREGSON, Mr Andrew, Chief Executive Officer, New South Wales Irrigators Council Page 77 • HARRISS, Mr David, Commissioner, New South Wales Office of Water • LA NAUZE, Mr Jonathan, Healthy Rivers Campaigner, Australian Conservation Foundation • LITTLEMORE, Mr Christopher David, General Manager, Balranald Shire Council • McMAHON, Mr Gavin Geoffrey, Chairman, National Irrigators Council • PURTILL, Mr Alan Geoffrey, Mayor, Balranald Shire Council • RAFT, Mr Stephen, Coordinator, State Priority Projects, New South Wales Office of Water • SHEAFFE, Cr Roger (Bill), Mayor, Hay Shire Council • STUBBS, Mr Tim, Environmental Engineer, Wentworth Group • TALUKDAR, Miss Ruchira, Healthy Rivers Campaigner, Australian Conservation Foundation • WILLIAMS, Dr John, Member, Wentworth Group .